chefs + restaurants
One Night in Kyoto
Kyoto, a town known for its gardens and temples, also has a lively, if refined, food scene. Restaurants typically specialize in one type of food.
11.29.07
- Keywords
- restaurant notes,
- travel,
- asia,
- japan,
- vegetarian
chefs + restaurants
Big Weekend—With the World's Top Chefs
Alain Ducasse cooked up quite a gratin in honor of Paul
Bocuse this past weekend in Monte Carlo, part of a three-day homage to
the 81-year-old master.
02.13.07
- Keywords
- alexander lobrano,
- chefs,
- europe
chefs + restaurants
From the Police Blotter
Doug Sohn, the guy behind Chicago's wildly
popular hot dog emporium Hot Doug's, has been slapped with the city's first
ticket for serving foie gras, illegal to sell here since last August.
03.09.07
- Keywords
- louisa chu,
- restaurant notes,
- chicago,
- food politics
chefs + restaurants
The Cocktail Gender Divide
Innovation reaches new heights at the Sofitel Water Tower hotel's bar, where I saw something for the first time: a "his 'n hers" cocktail list.
11.15.07
- Keywords
- restaurant notes,
- chicago,
- bars,
- cocktail,
- dara moskowitz grumdahl
chefs + restaurants
Avec
Avec's pan-Mediterranean menu of small plates—everything from pasta to salumi—was a step above comfort food, and extremely affordable.
11.08.07
- Keywords
- restaurant notes,
- chicago,
- travel,
- mediterranean,
- julia langbein
chefs + restaurants
Why We Love Quebec
On a recent swing through the Laurentians, some friends and I came across Yvan des Patates.
11.02.07
- Keywords
- restaurant notes,
- quebec,
- french,
- travel,
- adam gollner
chefs + restaurants
First Taste: Si Bon, Singapore
Kyoto, a town known for its gardens and temples, also has a lively, if refined, food scene. Restaurants typically specialize in one type of food.
11.01.07
- Keywords
- first taste,
- travel,
- asia,
- karen coates
chefs + restaurants
The Best Mexican Restaurant in America
Sometimes the best food is what you grew up with. I'm convinced that the best Mexican restaurant in America is in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
10.30.07
- Keywords
- restaurant notes,
- mexican,
- travel,
- francis lam,
- latino
chefs + restaurants
First Taste: Back Forty
Peter Hoffman (chef/owner of Savoy and a pioneer in the eat-local movement) has given the casual Back Forty a cowboy gloss.
10.18.07
- Keywords
- first taste,
- new york,
- produce,
- farm-to-table,
- john willoughby
chefs + restaurants
Downing Butterbeans and Buttermilk in Charleston
Here's my list of four great places to eat in Charleston. Two savory. Two sweet.
10.17.07
- Keywords
- restaurant notes,
- travel,
- southern u.s.,
- john t. edge